Total carloads for the week ending March 22 were 224 904 carloads, up 4.5% compared with the same week in 2024, while US weekly intermodal volume was 271 310 containers and trailers, up 6.3% compared to 2024.
Nine of the 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase compared with the same week in 2024. They included coal, up 3766 carloads, to 57 497; non-metallic minerals, up 2,014 carloads, to 29 612; and metallic ores and metals, up 1685 carloads, to 20 198. One commodity group posted a decrease compared with the same week in 2024: forest products, down 333 carloads, to 8204.
For the first 12 weeks of 2025, US railroads reported cumulative volume of 2 539 670 carloads, down 0.6% from the same point last year; and 3 263 041 intermodal units, up 8.2% from last year. Total combined US traffic for the first 12 weeks of 2025 was 5 802 711 carloads and intermodal units, an increase of 4.2% compared to last year.
North American rail volume for the week ending March 22, 2025, on 9 reporting US, Canadian and Mexican railroads totalled 333 674 carloads, up 3.0% compared with the same week last year, and 358 481 intermodal units, up 5.3% compared with last year. Total combined weekly rail traffic in North America was 692 155 carloads and intermodal units, up 4.2%. North American rail volume for the first 12 weeks of 2025 was 7 962 904 carloads and intermodal units, up 2.6% compared with 2024.
Canadian railroads reported 93 141 carloads for the week, up 1.8%, and 76 988 intermodal units, up 4.5% compared with the same week in 2024. For the first 12 weeks of 2025, Canadian railroads reported cumulative rail traffic volume of 1 882 686 carloads, containers and trailers, down 0.2%.
Mexican railroads reported 15 629 carloads for the week, down 9.7% compared with the same week last year, and 10 183 intermodal units, down 11.9%. Cumulative volume on Mexican railroads for the first 12 weeks of 2025 was 277 507 carloads and intermodal containers and trailers, down 8.4% from the same point last year.
